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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana State Department of Health on Friday reported 1,499 new COVID-19 cases. The number is an all-time high for cases in the daily report from the health department, but it includes the addition of 462 older positive cases resulting from a corrected laboratory reporting error.
The correction also resulted in the addition of 1,628 tested individuals and 2,067 tests administered to Friday’s counts.
The department reported 17 new deaths from COVID-19, raising the cumulative total to 3,270.
Following are the latest COVID-19 numbers from the Indiana State Department of Health. The department updates its data daily based on information received through 11:59 p.m. the previous day.
COVID-19 cases
*New cases: 1,499***
Total cumulative cases reported Friday: 109,683
Total cumulative cases reported Thursday: 108,646
Increase in cumulative cases: 1,037
Increase in cases reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 27,769
Increase in cases reported July 1-Aug. 1: 21,170
Increase in cases reported June 1-July 1: 11,122
Increase in cases reported May 1-June. 1: 16,065
COVID-19 deaths
New deaths: 17
Total deaths: 3,270
Increase in deaths reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 322
Increase in deaths reported July 1-Aug. 1: 315
Increase in deaths reported June 1-July 1: 480
Increase in deaths reported May 1-June. 1: 914
Increase in deaths reported April 1-May 1: 997
COVID-19 testing
New tested individuals: 11,993***
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Friday: 1,281,438
Total cumulative tested individuals reported Thursday: 1,269,650
Increase in cumulative tested individuals: 11,788
Cumulative positivity rate unique individuals: 8.6%
Seven-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.7%**
Cumulative positivity rate all tests: 6.1%
Seven-day positivity rate all tests: 4.4%**
Increase in unique tested individuals reported Aug. 1-Sept. 1: 325,159
Increase in unique tested individuals reported July 1-Aug. 1: 268,890
Increase in unique tested individuals reported June 1-July 1: 223,820
Increase in unique tested individuals reported May 1-June 1: 166,257
Increase in unique tested individuals reported April 1-May 1: 85,264
** The health department reports the 7-day positivity rates with a six-day lag to allow time for more comprehensive results.
***A corrected laboratory reporting error resulted in the addition of 462 positive cases, 1,628 tested individuals, and 2,067 tests administered to Friday’s counts.
County numbers
Marion County cumulative cases: 20,510 (increase of 169)
Marion County new deaths: 1
Marion County cumulative deaths: 758
Marion County 7-day positivity rate unique individuals: 6.6%
Hamilton County cumulative cases: 4,589
Hendricks County cumulative cases: 2,617
Johnson County cumulative cases: 2,236
Madison County cumulative cases: 1,546
Boone County cumulative cases: 940
Hancock County cumulative cases: 898
Morgan County cumulative cases: 685
Shelby County cumulative cases: 661
Indiana intensive care unit usage
Available ICU beds: 37.9%
ICU beds in use by COVID-19 patients: 10.2%
Available ventilators: 80.8%
Ventilators in use for COVID-19: 2.6%
U.S. and worldwide numbers
As of Friday, from Johns Hopkins University:
U.S. cases: 6,681,251
U.S. deaths: 197,763
Global cases: 30,241,377
Global deaths: 947,266
*New cases, deaths and tests are previously unreported cases, deaths and tests submitted to the Indiana State Health Department in the 24 hours through 11:59 p.m. the previous day. The cases and testing categories typically contain numerous duplicates—as many as 20% or more—that are later eliminated from the cumulative totals.
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